Worcester aka: Wormtown

i lived here for 2 years. my boyfriends car got stolen & the window smashed on two separate occasions. someone hit my car and drove off. and someone got stabbed on my street while dealing crack.

When I was at school in the 1990s, I knew some people from Worcester who hated their hometown with a passion – had horror stories about bullets whizzing around their backyard laundry lines and so on. I had mostly been through there thanks to Peter Pan (and that is one bus station I hope I never have to visit again).

Now it’s been a while, and some of my old college friends have bought lovely houses in town, and tell me the town is experiencing a resurgence. I want to give the place the benefit of the doubt, but we’ll still be checking it out in daylight first.

I’m moving here in a couple months. What’s with the big red Care Bear heart logo thing?

If you can catch a party at one of WormTown’s college campuses, that’s great. I-Times and Leitrums are ok, too

I recently got an apartment here. I love that EVERYTHING I need is conveniently located (there are 3 supermarkets near me, a Lowes, AC Moore, Barnes & Noble, and Taproots!) and I am close to Wachusett Mountain. In the fall, if I want to go apple picking, I only have to drive one town over. Boston still isn’t too far if I want to go into Chinatown or Government Center, or even the Cape.
Worcester has two malls and even has museums. I am hoping to check out Higgins Armory soon as I here it is a good place to see. And if I want to get my Master’s degree, Worcester has a bunch of colleges to choose from!